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Air Force Two
The Boeing C-32, a variant of the 757, is the usual transportation for the Vice President of the United States

Vice President Dick Cheney using a Boeing VC-25 presidential aircraft for a visit to the Middle East in 2002.

Air Force Two is the air traffic control call sign used by any United States Air Force aircraft carrying the Vice President, but not the President.¹ The term is often associated with the Boeing C-32, a modified 757 which is most commonly used as the Vice President's transport. The C-40 Clipper, a version of the Boeing 737, also serves in this role.

Although the U.S. Marine Corps carry the primary mission for helicopter support of both the President, Marine One, and Vice President, Marine Two, UH-1N Twin Huey helicopters from the Air Force's 1st Helicopter Squadron are also used to support the Vice President in the Washington, D.C. area under the call sign Air Force Two.

During the buildup to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Vice President Dick Cheney made his first overseas trip in office. For the March 2002, 10-day, 12-country whirlwind trip throughout the Middle East, Cheney used the VC-25A, a modified Boeing 747, that is typically reserved for the President. The aircraft used the call sign Air Force Two. Cheney's last time on the aircraft was over a decade before when he served as George H. W. Bush's Defense Secretary.²³

See also

• Air Force One
• Marine One

References

v • d • e Aircraft carrying the President and Vice President of the United States  Army One     Air Force One     Navy One     Marine One     Coast Guard One     Executive One  Army Two     Air Force Two     Navy Two     Marine Two     Coast Guard Two     Executive Two 89th Airlift Wing: VC-25 · VC-32 · VC-40    HMX-1: VH-3D · VH-60N · VH-71 Kestrel    Cadillac One    White House Transportation Agency

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